54 Quotes About Post-traumatic-stress-disorder

Trauma is any stressor that occurs in a sudden and forceful way and is experienced as overwhelming.

July 15, 1991Nita: My mother was a paragon of our neighborhood, People always come up to us with hugs, saying "You have the most wonderful mother." l'd think. “Don't you see what's going on in this house?” To this day, if somehow even in jest raises their hand to me, I will do this (raises hands to protect face and cowers) I cringe. Then they look at me like, what's your probem? You don't get that from a great childhood.

The central mechanism of the avoidance mechanism of PTSD is the ego defense of denial

The initial trauma of a young child may go underground but it will return to haunt us.

Dissociation is the common response of children to repetitive, overwhelming trauma and holds the untenable knowledge out of awareness. The losses and the emotions engendered by the assaults on soul and body cannot, however be held indefinitely. In the absence of effective restorative experiences, the reactions to trauma will find expression. As the child gets older, he will turn the rage in upon himself or act it out on others, else it all will turn into madness.

Often it isn’t the initiating trauma that creates seemingly insurmountable pain, but the lack of support after.

It was difficult to find information because Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was called shell shock during W.W.II, and when Vietnam Vets were found to suffer from the same symptoms after exposure to traumatic war scenes, a study was embarked upon that ended with the new, more appropriate name in 1980. Thomas was diagnosed with P.T.S.D. shortly afterwards, before the term P.T.S.D. was common.

I'm a writer. I was just diagnosed with PTSD. This unfortunate diagnosis, I assure you will not stop me.

PTSD will be the worlds greatest horror for those that survive an all out Nuclear War.